The Starr Sting Scale

by C. S. O'Cinneide

  To the talented folks at Dundurn, thank you for making this book a reality. Know that you possess a job that makes dreams come true. My sincere gratitude to Scott Fraser in particular, who waved his magic wand and turned a writer into an author. You get a chaser of Writer’s Tears with your beer. To Jenny McWha, many thanks for having my books’ backs. When it comes to driving the editing process, I will always choose you to ride shotgun. I also appreciate the work of Dominic Farrell, and only partly because he laughed out loud at my initial manuscript (but in a good way).

  The Algonquin Tavern, known as The Goon in my youth, no longer exists. But in the memory of this delicious Toronto dive bar, I toast you all.